SparkGate

Launch price: 99 USD. The price rises by 100 USD after every 10 copies sold.

Live signal

A fast breakout EA for gold, the Nasdaq 100, USDJPY and the DAX. It places stop orders at recent hourly highs and lows and secures the trade quickly, with a broker stop loss and take profit on every trade. Fixed risk per trade, no martingale, no grid.

Backtest 2019-2026, the four markets on one account: +28.7 % per year on average, largest drawdown 17.3 %, every year positive (8 out of 8).
Real ticks, 10 000 USD, 2 % of the initial balance per trade on each market (the default), no compounding.

SparkGate is part of the Gate series, a set of rule-based MetaTrader 5 experts, each built around one clearly explained mechanism.

Catch the spark. Secure it fast.

When the price accelerates toward a recent hourly high or low, the stops gathered there often give it one more push. SparkGate keeps pending stop orders on those levels, with their stop loss and take profit already set.

Once in a trade, it moves fast: the stop is brought to safety early, then follows the price, and a trade that starts badly is cut quickly. Most trades last from a few minutes to a few hours, and most of them close in profit.

Backtest results (Strategy Tester, not live results)

Real ticks (Eightcap), 1 January 2019 to 31 October 2026 (DAX from 1 February 2024), 10 000 USD, 2 % of the initial balance per trade (200 USD), default settings, spread and swap included. Drawdowns are a % of the 10 000 USD starting balance.

The four markets together on one account (one chart per market):

• +28.7 % per year on average (+22 507 USD in 7 years and 10 months)
• Largest drawdown: 17.3 % (1 733 USD) · worst month −11.9 %
• Every year positive:
  2019 +21 % · 2020 +18 % · 2021 +14 % · 2022 +39 %
  2023 +20 % · 2024 +46 % · 2025 +43 % · 2026 (to 31 October) +24 %

Choose your risk ("Risk per trade in %"), same backtest, four markets on one 10 000 USD account:

• 1 % per trade (calmer): +13.0 % per year, largest drawdown 8.5 %, worst month −5.7 %
• 2 % per trade (default): +28.7 % per year, largest drawdown 17.3 %, worst month −11.9 %
• 3 % per trade (more aggressive): +44.4 % per year, largest drawdown 27.3 %, worst month −17.7 %

Drawdowns grow in the same proportion as the risk. Every year stayed positive at all three levels.

Market by market (one test each, 2 % per trade):

• Nasdaq 100: +12.0 % per year, largest drawdown 18.8 %
  +9 413 USD · profit factor 1.37 · 1 330 trades · 59 % in profit
• Gold: +10.2 % per year, largest drawdown 11.9 %
  +8 003 USD · profit factor 1.44 · 2 350 trades · 71 % in profit
• USDJPY: +5.7 % per year, largest drawdown 21.5 %
  +4 455 USD · profit factor 1.19 · 2 532 trades · 73 % in profit
• DAX: +2.3 % per year (since February 2024), largest drawdown 3.3 %
  +637 USD · profit factor 1.23 · 428 trades · 71 % in profit

With compounding (2 % of the current balance per trade, 10 000 USD, same period; drawdown = % of the equity peak):

• Nasdaq 100: 10 000 → 24 995 USD (+12.4 % per year compounded), largest drawdown 18.18 %
• Gold: → 22 152 USD (+10.7 % per year), 11.78 %
• USDJPY: → 15 237 USD (+5.5 % per year), 19.67 %
• DAX: → 10 634 USD (+2.3 % per year), 3.20 %

The tests start in 2019, when the broker's real-tick history begins. Simulated results have limits and do not reflect real execution, slippage or future market conditions.

Not a plain breakout: three strategies, one profile per market

• Three strategies on the same hourly levels: Pivot Core, Pivot Lock and Pivot Sniper differ by their entry distance, how early they secure the trade and how far they let it run. You can switch each one on or off.
• One profile per market. Each market runs only the strategies that held on it in our real-tick tests, with distances scaled to its volatility. A strategy that was not validated on a market never trades there, even when it is switched on.
• News protection: around the US employment report (NFP), orders are cancelled and positions closed.

Key features

• Four markets: gold (XAUUSD, GOLD…), Nasdaq 100 (NAS100, USTEC, US100, NDX100…), USDJPY and DAX (GER40, DE40…). SparkGate recognises the market from the symbol name, or you choose it in "Market".
• Broker stop loss and take profit on every position, set with the pending order.
• Fixed risk per trade: the lot is computed from the stop distance, so a stopped trade loses the amount you chose.
• No martingale, no grid, no lot increase after a loss.
• One magic number per strategy and an order comment you choose (by default "SparkGate" + the strategy name; switch the name off and every order carries exactly your text).
• Five sizing modes: % of the initial balance (default 2 %), % of the current balance (compounding), fixed amount, fixed lot, lot per balance amount.
• On-chart panel: status, sizing, pending orders, results per strategy.

Requirements and account size

• MetaTrader 5, hedging account (a strategy can hold several positions on the same level).
• One H1 chart per market. Leverage 1:100 or more. A VPS, so that MetaTrader 5 runs all the time.
• Low spreads and commissions matter: many trades target small moves.
• Recommended minimum at 2 % per trade: about 2 500 USD per market on gold, about 2 000 USD on the Nasdaq 100, USDJPY and the DAX.

Smaller accounts (1 000 to 2 000 USD) on gold: possible, with a higher risk per trade

• Setting: "Minimum lot allowed up to N x the risk amount" = 100. The orders then use the broker's minimum lot (0.01) even when it risks more than your setting.
• Real risk per trade at 0.01 lot: about 35 USD at the stop on Pivot Sniper and about 75 USD on Pivot Lock (up to 7-8 % of a 1 000 USD account on one trade).
• Backtest, gold alone (real ticks, August 2018 to September 2026, same trades as this version; at this size the orders stay at 0.01 lot):
  1 000 USD: +27 % per year, largest drawdown 20 % of the account (196 USD), worst day −83 USD
  2 000 USD: +13 % per year, largest drawdown 10 % (same trades)

Quick start

1. Open an H1 chart of each market you want (any suffix: XAUUSD, XAUUSD.r, NAS100, USDJPY.i…).
2. Attach SparkGate. Keep "Market" = "From the chart symbol" and "Lot sizing" = "% of initial balance per trade" at 2 % (1 % for a calmer account). Enable Algo Trading.
3. Check the journal (Experts tab): it shows the market recognised and the active strategies with their magic numbers.
4. Leave it running on a VPS.

Settings

• Market: From the chart symbol / Gold (XAUUSD) / Nasdaq 100 / USDJPY / Germany 40 (DAX).
• Strategies: "enabled" and "magic number" for Pivot Core, Pivot Lock and Pivot Sniper (202611056 to 202611058). Buy trades, Sell trades.
• Lot sizing: % of initial balance per trade / % of current balance per trade (compounding) / Fixed amount per trade / Fixed lot / Lot per balance amount.
• Risk per trade in % (2) · Fixed amount per trade (100) · Initial balance (0 = balance at start) · Fixed lot · Lot size and Balance amount for that lot size (0.01 per 1 000) · Max lots per order · Minimum lot allowed up to N x the risk amount (1.5).
• Order comment ("SparkGate") · Add the strategy name to the order comment (on).
• Display: Show the panel on the chart · Panel corner · Panel font size.

Good to know

• These yearly figures need all four markets, each risking 2 % per trade: the risks add up. One market alone gives that market's line above.
• Several positions at once: a strategy can re-enter the same level up to 5 times, each position with its own stop loss, so the open risk can reach several times the risk per trade.
• Execution matters: with small targets, a wider spread or slippage costs a larger share of each gain than for a slower EA. Results vary from one broker to another.
• Weak periods exist: at 2 % per trade, gold lost 6 % in 2020, USDJPY 9.5 % in 2021 and 6 % in 2023; the worst month of the four markets together was −11.9 % (January 2019). SparkGate is built for many small, quickly secured trades, not for large moves.

Risk warning

Trading gold, indices and currencies on margin carries a high level of risk and may not be suitable for every investor. Breakout trades can be stopped out several times in a row when the price breaks a level and comes back. You can lose part or all of your capital. Past performance, real or simulated, does not guarantee future results.